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Rhos Crug Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference RD110. The site sits upon bedrock of Ludlow Rocks, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Ludlow period of the Silurian, which provides a stable foundation of ancient sedimentary deposits.
Round barrows are burial monuments typically constructed during the Bronze Age, consisting of earthen mounds raised over inhumed or cremated remains. These structures often contained central graves accompanied by pottery, metalwork and other grave goods that provide evidence of the beliefs and practices of their builders. The Ludlow bedrock underlying Rhos Crug would have provided material suitable for constructing the barrow mound itself, with soil weathered from these rocks available locally.
The monument's survival into the present day, protected under scheduled status, allows investigation of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns across the Welsh landscape. The bedrock geology has remained stable since the barrow's construction, preserving the archaeological context of burials and artefacts contained within.
Rhos Crug Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD110. View the official record →
Rhos Crug Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference RD110.
Rhos Crug Round Barrows dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Rhos Crug Round Barrows is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is RD110.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound & Bailey Castle, Bleddfa (6.8 km), Camp W of Cwm Cefn y Gaer (6.9 km), Mynachdy Moated Enclosure (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Rhos Crug Round Barrows's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Rhos Crug Round Barrows stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.